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Make sure he meets all the IRS requirements to qualify as a child's dependent.  If some questions were skipped or answered wrong, he won’t be eligible for benefits, according to ‌IRS guidelines.   Some of these rules are:   Relationship: The child can be your son, daughter, stepchild, or eligible foster child, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, adopted child or an offspring of any of them. Age: Your child must be under age 19 or, if a full-time student, under age 24. There's no age limit if your child is permanently and totally disabled. Residency: Your child must live with you for more than half the year, but several exceptions apply. Support: Your child may have a job, but they cannot provide more than half of their own support. To see more information, go to the link below: requirements for dependents  

When filing MFS, each spouse should report only the portion of mortgage interest they actually paid. You need to divide the total interest between you and your spouse based on who paid what. If your share of mortgage interest is different from the full amount shown on Form 1098 (which usually shows total interest for all borrowers), you should check this box in TurboTax. This lets TurboTax know your entered interest amount is your actual paid share, not the total on the form. If you must file MFS due to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, accurately splitting interest is important to reflect your deductible portion.   To indicate that the mortgage interest amount you are entering is different from what's reported on Form 1098 when filing Married Filing Separately (MFS) in TurboTax Online, follow these steps: 1. Go to the Deductions & Credits section. 2. Find the Mortgage Interest and Refinancing section and select Start or Update. 3. When entering the mortgage interest details, look for the option that says The interest amount I entered is different than what's on my 1098 and check the box. 4. Enter only the amount of mortgage interest you actually paid. This tells TurboTax you are reporting your share of the mortgage interest, not the full amount on the form.  

Same exact problem here, TurboTax 2025 Desktop Windows 11. I: 1. Deleted the install file from my Windows 11 machine 2. Uninstalled TurboTax 2025 from my Windows 11 machine 3. Downloaded and installed TurboTax 2025 on my Windows 11 machine. 4. Updated TurboTax 2025 (automatic after installation). 5. Restarted TurboTax 2025 shut down TurboTax and rebooted my machine 6. Restarted TurboTax after rebooting and so far, the error message has gone away. I'm guessing the error was due to the TurboTax file(s) being corrupted during the download? Intuit really needs to allow hash and/or parity checks on downloaded files. Linux software downloads usually come with a SHA256 or other hash/parity check files so you can determine if your download is corrupted. If Linux software devs can do this why can't Intuit to this??

Tanks for your prompt response.    In fact, I use a SINGLE Turbo Tax file with both of our returns info on it indicating my wife such that we can do income/pension split and adjust our donation accordingly to benefit our return.  When filing, we submit the return.   With your response, I'll check our return from Co-Owner to "Sole Proprietor" as 100%.  I just ensure we enter half (50%) of the total rental income and associated expenses & depreciation on each of our file.   I'll place a Thumb Up and "Marked as Best Answer" Thanks a lot.